Jim Proudfoot

Who is Jim Proudfoot?

Jim Proudfoot is an English football commentator, who has worked on national radio and television since the late 1990s.

Proudfoot was born in the West Country on 16 December 1972, but moved to the Midlands at a young age. He was educated at Solihull School.

His professional broadcasting career started in 1991 with the now defunct DevonAir, for whom he was a football reporter and later DJ. Proudfoot subsequently worked as a journalist and newsreader for TFM in the North-East of England before moving to Capital Gold in 1994, where he was part of the award-winning team headed by Jonathan Pearce. Later stints followed as a commentator on South Coast Radio and Xtra AM in Birmingham before a move to national radio station Talksport in 1999.

Initially employed as the station's number two commentator behind Alan Parry, Proudfoot became Talksport's lead commentator in time for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, a role that he has held for the vast majority of time since. He has subsequently commentated on both the UEFA Euro 2004 Final, and the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final for the station, and has long been established as Talksport's lead Champions League commentator.